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The numbers are from our fourth annual Hashtag Bowl count of social media mentions during the Super Bowl. We only counted ads shown nationally, and only ads from after the kick-off until the game was over. Promos for shows on NBC, which carried the Super Bowl, were not included. Our scoreboard at the top of this article has the final count, but here’s the summary with percentages, based on a total of 56 national ads reviewed. The Count & Facebook’s Second Win Hashtags: 28 total, 50% of ads overall Facebook: 4 total, 7.1% of ads overall Twitter: 3 total, 5.3% of ads overall Snapchat: 1 total, 1.8% of ads overall URLs: 25 total, 44.6% of ads overall For the second year running, Facebook edged past Twitter to be the most mentioned social network. Snapchat Debuts In “Pitch Perfect 2” Ad Mentions of specific social networks were rare again — with Facebook and Twitter each slipping one mention compared to 2014. Last year, Instagram got a single mention. … [Read more...] about Super Bowl Commercials With Hashtags Slipped To 50% In 2015

The US smartphone story has been pretty consistent for well over a year: Android is now on more than 50 percent of US smartphones, followed by iOS. All others are losing share. Samsung and Apple continue to battle for the top two OEM positions in the market (and around the world). January data from comScore largely repeat and affirm this story line. According to comScore’s survey data Android had a 52.3 percent market share in January. However the Google operating system slipped a bit (1.3 points) as the iPhone gained. Apple’s share grew 3.5 percent to 37.8 percent. The US is probably the iPhone’s strongest market. BlackBerry, Microsoft and Nokia’s Symbian all lost share, a trend that has been consistent for months. On the hardware front, Apple was the top individual smartphone manufacturer in the US, followed by Samsung. HTC and Google’s Motorola lost share — although LG (buoyed by the Nexus 4) gained. ComScore has essentially stopped reporting … [Read more...] about The January Smartphone Story: Android Slips, Apple Gains, Feature Phones Fade

For the first time, Yahoo has beaten Google in the annual University of Michigan American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The survey measures U.S. consumer satisfaction across a broad range of business and product categories including “e-business,” which covers search. The survey asks a statistically representative sample of consumers to rate their experiences with portals and search engines according to a number of criteria, which produces an overall satisfaction score on a 100 point scale. The search/portal category has been rated since 2000. Until this year, Google has always lead the ASCI since the first year the index included it, in 2002. Among the top engines, Ask saw the largest gains in satisfaction (5.6%) while Yahoo emerged as the overall winner, beating Google by a single point. But Yahoo and Google were trending in opposite directions, with Yahoo gaining and Google losing a roughly equivalent percentage (see below). AOL saw the biggest decline in … [Read more...] about Ask Jumps, Google Slips and Yahoo Leads American Customer Satisfaction Index for Search

The statistics are from our sixth annual Hashtag Bowl count of hashtags, social media mentions and URLs in ads shown during Super Bowl LI. We tabulated only nationally-shown ads and only those shown between kickoff until the game ended. See further below for our full rundown and further notes on this. The Count The scoreboard at the top of this article has our final count, but here’s the summary with percentages, based on a total of 66 ads reviewed. Total national ads (kickoff to end-of-game): 66 Hashtags in ads: 20 total, in 30% of ads overall URLs in ads: 27 total, in 41% of ads overall Twitter in ads: 5 total, 8& of ads overall Facebook: 4 total, 6% of ads overall Instagram:4 total, 6% of ads overall Below, the frequency of both hashtag and URL use as Marketing Land has tracked over recent years: The real surprise this year was URL use overtaking hashtags. Marketing Land first began measuring URLs in 2014. They consistently stayed below hashtag usage until overtaking it … [Read more...] about Hashtags in Super Bowl ads slip to 30% in 2017, overtaken by URL use in 41%

The statistics are from our sixth annual Hashtag Bowl count of hashtags, social media mentions and URLs in ads shown during Super Bowl LI. We tabulated only nationally shown ads and only those shown between kickoff and the end of the game. See below for our full rundown and further notes on this. The count The scoreboard at the top of this article has our final count, but here’s the summary with percentages, based on a total of 66 ads reviewed. Total national ads (kickoff to end-of-game): 66 Hashtags in ads: 20 total, in 30 percent of ads overall URLs in ads: 26 total, in 39 percent of ads overall Twitter in ads: 5 total, 8 percent of ads overall Facebook: 4 total, 6 percent of ads overall Instagram: 4 total, 6 percent of ads overall Below, the frequency of both hashtag and URL use as Marketing Land has tracked over recent years: The real surprise this year was URL use overtaking hashtags. Marketing Land first began measuring URLs in 2014. They consistently stayed below … [Read more...] about Hashtags in Super Bowl ads slip to 30% in 2017, overtaken by URL use in 39%